This major retrospective of Swiss photographer Werner Bischof is divided into seven sections:Zurich 1916-1945; Post-war Europe 1945-1950; India 1951-1952; Japan 1951-1952; Korea 1951-1952; Hong Kong and Indochina 1952; North and South America 1953-1954.It portrays the chief landmarks in Werner Bischof's artistic work and the successive stages of a career that led him from a studio photographer to a committed photojournalist.

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